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19 May, 2012

OPI: Color to Diner For

Am I the only person who buys polish to match a new jumper/sweater?? Please say nooo...

This is exactly how it happened: I bought a new sweater to wear out for dinner on my birthday. Only a few minutes after that, I happened to notice OPI's Color to Diner For when I walked past the stand, and happened to notice it was the exact match for that sweater. It was meant to be I figured (or justified) to myself! Besides, it was my birthday after all.

Color to Diner For is from OPI's Touring America collection released last year and I largely ignored the collection when it was released, only buying the khaki green creme Uh-Oh Roll Down the Window at the time. Anyway, coming back to the point I've realised this darker red polish is something I probably didn't have in my collection and I love the burnt red colour with its understated shimmer. I call it burnt red as that's the colour listed on the tag of my sweater and I think it's a really spot-on description. The polish was a little on the thin side on application and whilst I applied two coats I think three would have given it a little extra depth.

This is a classic red and a perfect match for the autumn wardrobe:

Full sun

Part sun

Shade

Apologies for the little unannounced hiatus. We had a rather inconvenient internet outage around here.

Thanks again Leanne, I think I should have looked more closely at the Touring America collection when it released. It's always a bit difficult to relate to the colours when the seasons are opposite to ours. I'm sure this released for our Spring - just when I was itching to wear the brighter stuff :-/